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MUSA ALI

Carteret,NJ
MUSA ALI

Summary

5 Years of experience, expert in agile and waterfall methodologies known ability to produce high-quality deliverables Solutions-driven Business Analyst/Scrum Master leading cross-functional teams and driving Business Consulting, Process Innovations, Risk and Compliance, Product Development, Application Technology End-to-end Project Management including stakeholder engagement, project feasibility, benefits value mapping, team management, risk/change management, delivery reports Ability to influence, persuade, lead and motivate the team and project sponsors in order to achieve the various goals and objectives of the project, excellent interpersonal skills, capable of developing effective relationships across the department and engaging with the people in an effective way to deliver outcomes. Collaborative leader, proven ability to lead and develop teams, who works extremely well in dedicated and matrix team environments and cross functionally. Translated business requirements and/or initiatives into a conceptual solution described through Epics and Stories and application of abstraction to ensure the right level of detail to the key stakeholders. Performed the Scrum Master role managing cross-functional teams, bringing transparency and facilitating events - Sprint Planning, Estimation Workshops, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Fun Retrospectives.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

Ess

Scrum Master
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & roadmap
  • Worked effectively within the Scrum Team to remove impediments and track them in Jira
  • Guided the team through continual improvement process and best practices
  • Facilitated scrum master community of practices
  • Ensured conducive environment which fostered self-organizing and self-managing team
  • Empowered the Scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunities
  • Encouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to date
  • Facilitated all Scrum Events including the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement
  • Workshops with stakeholders
  • Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the continuous improvement of the existing process
  • Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product Owner
  • JIRA admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL..)
  • Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & delivery
  • Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the teams and management
  • Organized & facilitate Team and organization Agile maturity
  • Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games techniques and closure of action items on improvements
  • Reflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholders
  • Prepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impediments
  • Helped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories and prioritization
  • Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog
  • Effectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements
  • Applied human centered design (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Implement)

Megalo Technologies

Scrum Master/ Project Manager
11.2019 - 10.2022

Job overview

  • Effectively guided scrum and Kanban teams
  • Creating working agreements, establishing and helping the teams by all means to achieve their Sprint Goals
  • Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games
  • Educated and coached the teams on usage of Jira & Confluence tools
  • Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony
  • Helped Product owner with effective management of backlog
  • Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog
  • Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria
  • Optimized workflow efficiency, lead the ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery
  • Educated and ensured Agile/Scrum implementation methodology, practices, values and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional team
  • Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work
  • Coordinated with the scrum team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetings
  • Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile and Traditional Project Management

Capital Metriq Bank

Project Manager
02.2015 - 09.2018

Job overview

  • Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
  • Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.

Education

Kean University
Union, NJ

Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
05.2020

University Overview

Lagos State University
Lagos, Nigeria

Bachelor of Science from Business Administration
01-2015

University Overview

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Waterfall
  • Agile
  • Strategic planning
  • Process Improvement
  • Cost Estimation
  • Automation
  • Dependency Management
  • Risk Management
  • Information Radiator
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Agile Coaching
  • Product Roadmap
  • Agile Maturity
  • Change Agent
  • Human Centered Design
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Requirements Lifecycle
  • User Stories
  • Process Mapping
  • Budgeting
  • Project Documentation
  • Quality Assurance
  • Project Scheduling
  • Team Management
  • Risk Change Management
  • Business Intelligence
  • Cross Functional Supervision
  • Sprint Planning
  • Estimation Workshops
  • Daily stand-ups
  • Sprint Review
  • Retrospective
  • SDLC Methodologies
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Agile Management Tools
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Miro
  • Ideaboardz
  • Story Mapping
  • Capacity Planning
  • Skill assessment
  • Risk register
  • Dependency mapper
  • Remote Collaboration
  • Fun retrospectives
  • Miro
  • Sprint planning
  • Scrum framework expertise
  • Risk identification
  • Backlog management
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Technologysummary

Technologysummary
Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Ideaboardz, Story Mapping, Capacity Planning, Skill assessment, Agile Maturity, Risk register, Dependency mapper, Remote collaboration, Fun retrospectives

Personal Information

Personal Information
  • Total Experience: 5 years of experience, expert in agile and waterfall methodologies known ability to produce high-quality deliverables
  • Title: SCRUM MASTER / PRODUCT OWNER/ SAFE AGILIST

Timeline

Scrum Master
Ess
08.2022 - Current
Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Megalo Technologies
11.2019 - 10.2022
Project Manager
Capital Metriq Bank
02.2015 - 09.2018
Kean University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
Lagos State University
Bachelor of Science from Business Administration
MUSA ALI